To be fuming about this work meeting?

Just took all the 'please' and 'would you mind' out of an email sent to someone who needs to just fill out two lines of an excel sheet that would take 2 minutes but has been sent at least 5 emails asking politely

I have delegated work to someone who is taking on one of my roles as I am leaving, and made it clear they are doing it from now, not in a week when I am long gone and they still don't really know what to do and I'm not around to ask.

It is all practice, and not giving a flying fuck if people like you. Its only work

I hope you have emailed your manager with a concise bullet-pointed summary report of everything you had to say, and action points.

Meaning that when your manager needs to produce their report to senior management, your information is neatly typed out ready for them to simply cut and paste.

It's a horrible feeling when you get steamrollered like that, especially when you then end up dwelling on what you could have said/done. As a few people in here have said, being direct and decisive doesn't mean you're being rude at all, and most people (not Steve because he's a dick) will side with an interruptee standing up for themselves.

I think the advice to tell him you haven't finished talking yet is good - it gets the point across in a professional and firm way. He will likely sulk for a bit and then learn his lesson!

I didn’t want to be that person who kicks up a fuss in front of the big boss, so I bit my tongue.

You didn't need to kick up a big fuss. You could have just spoken up. You need to grow some confidence.

Last bit of wisdom from me:

Power dress in these meetings. It makes a massive difference

I didn’t want to be that person who kicks up a fuss in front of the big boss, so I bit my tongue.

You didn't what to be THAT person who kicks up a fuss? What does that mean? And what exactly is the fuss that you are referring to? You have been working on this project for months and if "Steve" insists on making comments and giving his two pence about the project, especially when his two pence are wrong, why didn't you correct him there and then instead of fuming later, when you can't do anything about it?

I don't know about taking credit for your work but he is clearly the type who wants to be noticed and recognised and unfortunately in many organisations it's his types who are remembered for their "proactive contribution" and "valuable inputs" as opposed to those, who do all the work and then quietly rage in the corner when they don't get the promotions they deserve. I am sorry if sounds really harsh but I have seen it too many times and sadly it is a greater problem among women. So, my suggestion really would be to try and speak up as soon as the issue occurs. You shouldn't see it as shutting him down but don't let him interrupt you when you are speaking. Just say, "I am sorry I haven't finished yet" and continue talking until done. If he rephrases what you say without adding anything of value, then you can just say, "Thanks for that, Steve, that's pretty much what I've just said". And if he says anything about your project that is incorrect, then just correct him on the spot. Don't wait.

I very much doubt that after few more instances like that, he'll have much more desire to keep interrupting you.

You are a professional, you don't need to catch a managers eye and silently hope they will help.

Use the sentences others have suggested but also use assertive body language to back up your words. Sit slightly turned away from him , when he interrupts mid sentence, do not stop speaking, put your index finger up to him to indicate, 'just a minute' if he carries on just say ' wait please' and you carry on with what you are saying.

If he claims.s your work in a meeting g ' you say something along the lines of ' I'm glad you brought this up Steve, I started this project ( date) and I'm happy with the way it has turned out( or similar) in other words claim your work. He isn't going to give you credit and others will just see results and hear what they are told.
Come on, fight for yourself!

Erm surely it's obvious .. you actually pipe up and say something rather than let him shit on you?

As such, I:
Take unnecessary please, thankyou's and sorrys' out of emails.
Cut off people who are interrupting me

^

I like Persephone's post. I'm trying to be more assertive too, it's a work in progress but getting there

I am a woman small business owner in a male dominated industry and fed up with the male 'bastardary' that surrounds me :-( Thanks for the tip!

No one is coming to save you.
Learn a few stock phrases and get ready for battle girl .
Practise in the Office before you have to try it in big meetings.
Personal development

If it was your project then you should have been able to interject and do so firmly. For instance, 'I appreciate your input Steve but as I was saying..'. Or, 'actually that's incorrect Steve...' and then gone on with your explanation. Don't apologise, be firm and interrupt/inteject as you need to. I'd identify this as a training need and do some cpd on it as it will help you tackle similar situations in the future.

This this this!! I remember being in my first senior management meeting many years ago and I had the same situation you've described with one particular guy, I'd never experienced it before, I was fairly young and it caught me off guard. The following month I went back for the next one and he tried it again, but I was prepared this time and used these type of responses politely but firmly and sure enough it was the last time it ever happened!

"Thanks Steve but I was still speaking..."

No need to "kick off" or be confrontational, it's perfectly polite to ask someone to wait until you have finished speaking.

Next meeting buy one of those massive gobstoppers you used to be able to buy when we were kids and offer it to him before the meeting, if he says no thanks then offer him some gaffer tape to put over his mouth.
If he still doesn't get it then you are flogging a dead horse. (we have 2 x Steve's here and I haven't ever tried either of the 2 above, but you got me thinking)

Thanks Steve - will take feedback at the end, maybe you could take some notes ?

Several times every workday I think to myself "what would a man do"?
As such, I:
Take unnecessary please, thankyou's and sorrys' out of emails.
Cut off people who are interrupting me.
Apply for the promotions.
Enthusiastically talk about my successes and strengths in development reviews and interviews
Delegate tasks (appropriately) as much as possible without guilt or second-guessing

These things are not automatic to me. I am a work in progress but I have noticed that my work life has a lot less cheeky fuckers since I started this train of thought several years ago.

Ridiculous that no senior manager stepped in here, but also you need to stand up for yourself.

The only way to out-Steve a Steve is to go full Steve on him.

You must become all that you hate. You must become Steve.

This! You need to advocate for yourself. I was in a very senior meeting to present something, a person on the same level as my manager hijacked the entire meeting despite the chair trying to stop her. When we got to my section she started talking about it from the pov of her team, which was entirely different to my teams perspective.

I politely interrupted to tell her I had a slide on this topic and went on to present it. I was damned if I was sitting through an hour meeting to not get my point across, when I had specifically been asked to input.

My manager later thanked me, although I was annoyed that she had not stood up for our department.

OP I'm sorry, I believe this happens to every woman. Yes, stop caring what bosses might think and start preparing a few responses for when it happens again. Similar to the ones that have been suggested. You can then be mechanical/monotone about it, can keep the range in but will still be glad to have said something.

I took me over a year to teach one man to stop interrupting me every single week. I usually said 'I am still talking Steve' (if I was feeling particularly annoyed) or 'I haven't finished yet'. Over and over again.

It will not benefit you in ANY way to not say anything even in front of senior management. You'll either be seen as a mug if you don't, or the difficult woman if you do. I go for difficult woman now, because a mug will always stay a mug and not receive the same pay etc.

After a while I thought I could hear the voice if my Steve trembling when I had to remind him once again and he just said 'Sorry Twat'.

I would also bet the boss knows full well what Steve is like and who has done the work. I am senior at work and the juniors seem amazed when I pick up on things like this but actually it's generally pretty obvious.

Your manager chose to do nothing to assist you, so you have to advocate for yourself.

Yet another one where the first post nails it ...

You need to learn how to deal with people like Steve. You have a mouth-use it. Stop waiting for someone else to come to your rescue.